[Mo(n)arch]

Me and my mates were there yesterday. My god, these guys are hauling a$$.
Absolutely incredible.
Even the juniors had an average speed on the track of 46km/h!

Minnaar in the last chute was insane. So cool to see.
And Gwin, well for a second I thought he would also take the last jump

So awesome to see Bryceland win.

The event is amazing there. Tons of people, you can get beer beside the track and everyone is just stoked for biking.
The track could definitely be better, though.

But that's it!

Pics to come.

 

[P.T.W]

But lots of wheels looking like they had no place under the fastest riders in the fastest discipline of the sport.

I wasn't even really thinking about it but after about 15-20 riders I just started wondering why everyone's wheels looked like they weren't tracking for shlt.

Something to ponder...

 

[toodles]

I wonder how the guys that Gwin beat feel now.

 

[TrumbullHucker]

Me and my mates were there yesterday. My god, these guys are hauling a$$.
Absolutely incredible.
Even the juniors had an average speed on the track of 46km/h!

Minnaar in the last chute was insane. So cool to see.
And Gwin, well for a second I thought he would also take the last jump

So awesome to see Bryceland win.

The event is amazing there. Tons of people, you can get beer beside the track and everyone is just stoked for biking.
The track could definitely be better, though.

But that's it!

Pics to come.

awesome to hear.. me and a bunch of us mates are going to Windham in august and are so stoked

beer trackside.. seeing the big guns smashing it in real life.

gunnu be great... def bringing the nikon

 

[jonKranked]

awesome to hear.. me and a bunch of us mates are going to Windham in august and are so stoked

beer trackside.. seeing the big guns smashing it in real life.

gunnu be great... def bringing the nikon

windham = backpack beers.

 

[TrumbullHucker]

windham = backpack beers.

repped lol

 

[Mo(n)arch]

Alright:

 

[jonKranked]

repped lol

the one year i was there they did have a bar setup mid mountain

 

[Mo(n)arch]

the one year i was there they did have a bar setup mid mountain

You mean something like this?



Yes, that's a DJ on the truck (crappy music, but nonetheless, music) and there was even a big TV where you could watch the live feed.

Two of these setups were beside the track.

You must definitely applaude the organizers that run this event.
It puts the best light possible on the sport.

 

[jonKranked]

more in a hillside on a service road in the woods, and no tv's. but yes.

 

[Sandwich]

Something to ponder...

didn't Nico win shedloads of races on wheels that were laced with the lowest spoke tension possible? didn't he say that when he was trying to hock the new SRAM wheels? I thought it was kind of a known quantity that doing so could be beneficial, but you had to true the wheels before almost every run.

 

[sethimus]

the one year i was there they did have a bar setup mid mountain

do you get a brown paper bag with each beer?

 

[jonKranked]

do you get a brown paper bag with each beer?

bags are for amateurs. i had a koozie.

 

[Jim Mac]

bags are for amateurs. i had a koozie.

I think I have a garage full of Maxxis coozies....having said that, Redbull berm burners contest Saturday during the WC at Windham!

 

[jonKranked]

I think I have a garage full of Maxxis coozies....having said that, Redbull berm burners contest Saturday during the WC at Windham!

you going?

 

[epic]

And yet - gwin. Wtf?

I decided what had contributed to the wheels that looked bad was some poor suspension tunes. It looked like they could tune for the big jumps, or the roots, or neither.
Very few looked like they had found a good compromise.

It looked like Blenki really had the tune wrong. He looked like he'd go over the bars a couple of times.

 

[mattmatt86]

This thought hit me in bed last night - Wyn and Eddie Masters should form a team and ride Evil frames and the team name can be Masters of Evil!

 

[Jim Mac]

you going?

Yep! Sat for this hopefully & Sunday with kid for (duh) kid's race & DH finale! You are moar than welcome to crash.

 

[supercow]

didn't Nico win shedloads of races on wheels that were laced with the lowest spoke tension possible? didn't he say that when he was trying to hock the new SRAM wheels? I thought it was kind of a known quantity that doing so could be beneficial, but you had to true the wheels before almost every run.

Yes, the racers have their wheel tension tweaked for every race. Too stiff and they lose traction etc.
It is certainly the case for the Giant offroad DH team, I'm sure it's exactly the same for the others.

 

[jonKranked]

Yep! Sat for this hopefully & Sunday with kid for (duh) kid's race & DH finale! You are moar than welcome to crash.

DH finals are saturday. The ESC race is sunday.

where are you staying? or are you just driving down?

 

[Jim Mac]

DH finals are saturday. The ESC race is sunday.

where are you staying? or are you just driving down?

DOH! I obviously don't keep up any more! Am commuting as we live an hour away-Looks like Sat is the day we will be there- kid's race at 5 and berm burners is 5:30-7:30

http://racewindham.squarespace.com/storage/2014 Windham World Cup FINAL schedule.pdf

 

[jonKranked]

yea i'm trying to figure out what i'm gonna do. it's a 4 1/2 hour drive for me. haven't decided if i'm gonna do the ESC race yet.

 

[mattmatt86]

When you two are done setting up your date can we get back to Flexy wheelz!

 

[Jim Mac]

When you two are done setting up your date can we get back to Flexy wheelz!

Looks flexy, does it come in birch beer?

http://www.ridemonkey.com/forums/f19/once-again-268843/

 

[canadmos]

How about flexy course taping?

Tape was moved after Bernard hucked his meat, apparently. Perhaps it was also moved after practice, but before the race began?

 

[jonKranked]

650b course tape?

 

[Gary]

It looked like Blenki really had the tune wrong. He looked like he'd go over the bars a couple of times.

can you imagine how you'd feel if you were forced to race in oven gloves?

Just saying..

 

[jonKranked]

can you imagine how you'd feel if you were forced to race in oven gloves?

Just saying..

or these:

 

[kidwoo]

How about flexy course taping?

Tape was moved after Bernard hucked his meat, apparently. Perhaps it was also moved after practice, but before the race began?

Oh man. Now THAT sucks.......

 

[CBJ]

Oh man. Now THAT sucks.......

At least he still has the confidence from that result. Say the said during the live cast his time will come for sure.

 

[Electric_City]

Whoever the rims are made by will have a video out within the next week describing how awesome and bulletproof their rimz are...

 

[Nick]

I'd actually like to know. Is it safe to assume those were Spec / Roval?

Edit: DT Swiss?

 

[cableguy]

DT Swiss

 

[BigBoi]

Hasn't Gwin always run DT Swiss?

 

[tacubaya]

 

[bizutch]

On a side note, flat tires and tires blowing off rims have once again become a problem in DH racing. Welcome to yesteryear 27.5 stuff. Have a seat over there DH rider with the burgeoning career while we hash this out for you in real time.

 

[vikingboy]

That ex471 is an enduro class rim too! What next - enduro frames in DH too!? ;-)
http://www.dtswiss.com/Components/Rims-MTB/EX-471

 

[Samoto]

That ex471 is an enduro class rim too! What next - enduro frames in DH too!? ;-)
http://www.dtswiss.com/Components/Rims-MTB/EX-471

People will start to suggest dt Swiss rims as good alternatives because gwinnung.

 

[TrumbullHucker]

uhhhh


give that wheel builder a f*cking beer

 

[jonKranked]

People will start to suggest dt Swiss rims as good alternatives to tires.

i've bare rimmed my way out of an XC ride before. sketchy.